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he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lamond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all acknowledged how hard it is just to do what he's done, and frankie in a report today was saying number yuntil you sit down and start talking to usada you don't know how hard that is. the people who are there and made the mistakes he did in a smaller way, they seem to have more empathy for him than everyone else. interesting. >> oprah asked about paying off allegations that he attempted to pay off usada or somebody in his world attempted to pay off usada. let's listen to what he said. >> last wednesday night travis tie gert ceo of usada told 60 minutes sports that someone on your team offered a donatio
he was an incredible competitor after lance armstrong and lance armstrong, as betty said, went after greg lamond. do you think lance armstrong gets it, bill? >> i think he gets that he should get it, and i think what we're seeing here is he's really struggling with it. what's interesting to me is there's sort of parallel views of this going on. there's a lot of people who are skeptical, but i was reading all the reactions today from jonathan and tyler hamilton and frankie. they have all...
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armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer survivors, he lied under oath, too. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> i just want to make sure your testimony is clear. >> if it can't be any clearer that i've never taken drugs. >> reporter: along way, armstrong's great lie left a trail of human collateral damage. people who went from friend to enemy the minute they threatened to expose him. >> it's a long time coming. i think it's steph. >> reporter: frankie andreu was his best friend and teammate until he and his wife testified they heard him admit he took drugs. armstrong went on the attack, accusing frankie and betsy of lying. >> she said in her deposition she hat
armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his tour de france win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around with movie stars and world leaders, the one who told the world year after year that he was clean and anyone who said otherwise was just out to get him. >> i have never doped. i've never taken performance-enhancing drugs. my best defense is i've never tested positive. >> reporter: he didn't just lie to reporters, fans, sponsors, and even cancer...
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lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances like testosterone, cortisone or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no, in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> in your opinion, was it humanly possible to win the tour de france without doping? seven times in a row. >> not in my opinion. >> for months, even longer, armstrong has been feeling the effects of the latest and biggest u.s. anti-doping investigation. this one found him guilty of using illicit drugs throughout his cycling career. now his to
lance armstrong comes clean. after more than a decade of denials, lies and cheating, seven-time tour de france winner, olympic bronze medalist and cancer survivor lance armstrong told oprah winfrey the truth. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no. was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >>...
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get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that willingness to do anything to win in cycling that took him to some dark places and seeing exactly as we wrote in our book the secret race we are seeing exactly what that place looked like and what it is made of and the decisions he made,. >> rose: the answer to the question, why would he dope in the first place is simply the competition and the need to win? >> it has to do with the way he is built, this is what makes lance, lance he so easy the word in a very binary way, he looks out at a landscape if something will help him and if it won't, he won't do it, so that same strategy, that same mindset which made hi
get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that...
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i never wore that bracelet because of lance armstrong. it was a very, very personal thing, and i always wore it as a remembrance of what danny was going through every day in his life that he could never escape cancer, and i always wanted to have it on my wrist so i would always remember his struggle. >> wow. thanks for sharing, but it just brings home that what lance armstrong did and what he represented is very personal for millions and millions of people. i remember when after my diagnosis they sent me a bracelet and materials from him, and it just is incredibly disillusioning, as it is with other athletes who have been proved to be cheaters. >> i mean, when you think about all of this was built on lies, and i -- that is what is very, very hard to get your head around. andrea. >> and as pete williams points out, there could be legal ramifications ahead of him. >> absolutely. >> thank you, pete. ann, thank you so much. >>> still ahead here a major roadblock clears for chuck hagel. >>> and our women making history continues in the senate
i never wore that bracelet because of lance armstrong. it was a very, very personal thing, and i always wore it as a remembrance of what danny was going through every day in his life that he could never escape cancer, and i always wanted to have it on my wrist so i would always remember his struggle. >> wow. thanks for sharing, but it just brings home that what lance armstrong did and what he represented is very personal for millions and millions of people. i remember when after my...
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lance armstrong could face ruinous lawsuits after his confession to doping. jim axelrod reports. john miller has a rare look inside f.b.i. intelligence as it prepares for next week's inauguration. >> reporter: so what are the threats to this inauguration? >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with two coworkers who thought they had nothing in common until he told his stories of battles long ago. >> he's someone that i will never forget. i will tell my kids his stories. i'll tell anybody his stories that want to listen. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. one american has been killed in that hostage standoff in algeria. frederick butaccio was an employee of the oil company b.p. we don't know how he died but u.s. got sources tell us his body has been recovered. a top official says tonight that at least six americans have survived but others have still being held. u.s. military transport planes landed near the scene and evacuated survivors. some of them described as lightly wounded. all of this is playing out at
lance armstrong could face ruinous lawsuits after his confession to doping. jim axelrod reports. john miller has a rare look inside f.b.i. intelligence as it prepares for next week's inauguration. >> reporter: so what are the threats to this inauguration? >> pelley: and steve hartman "on the road" with two coworkers who thought they had nothing in common until he told his stories of battles long ago. >> he's someone that i will never forget. i will tell my kids his...
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after a decade of lies lance armstrong admitted he used banned performance-enhancing drugs through all seven of his wins at the tour de france. the disgraced cyclist didn't tell all but he told a lot in an interview with oprah winfrey aired last night. we asked jim axelrod to look at where this leaves armstrong now. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said it wasn't as if i just said no and i moved off it. >> reporter: now that armstrong is no longer repeating the lie he may face a number of lawsuits that could decimate his estimated net worth of more than $100 million. the largest involves his long- time sponsor, the u.s. postal service. armstrong's postal service contract specifically banned doping. a lawsuit already has been filed by former teammate floyd landis that alleges armstrong defrauded the postal service and the federal government. the postal service paid armstrong more than $30 million. under the law, if fraud against the government is proven, the penalty could be triple, more than $90 million. one interested viewer of the intervi
after a decade of lies lance armstrong admitted he used banned performance-enhancing drugs through all seven of his wins at the tour de france. the disgraced cyclist didn't tell all but he told a lot in an interview with oprah winfrey aired last night. we asked jim axelrod to look at where this leaves armstrong now. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. as you said it wasn't as if i just said no and i moved off it. >> reporter: now that armstrong is...
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everybody can make up their mind about lance armstrong. i think is he a weasel. i have said that from the jump. but, you will like him or there is an excrews, that's fine. i don't care. but by making this admission, he opens himself up to an enormous amount of potential litigation. >> absolutely. he stands to lose tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. worth $125 million. several lawsuits aren't even filed. the first one is filed a while ago floyd landis one of his teammates who he defamed he brought a whistle blowing suit the government will or will not join in by thursday. that's their deadline to decide whether or not to join him. if floyd landis and the government wins this whistle blowing case he could be looking at $100 million in losses because they are treble damages. >> >> bill: explain the case to me. >> floyd landis said wait a second, you were on this team, you were using these drugs along with me. and you defrauded the government. the oust postal service. >> did landis get caught using them i don't believe. >> he was you. i didn't realize that
everybody can make up their mind about lance armstrong. i think is he a weasel. i have said that from the jump. but, you will like him or there is an excrews, that's fine. i don't care. but by making this admission, he opens himself up to an enormous amount of potential litigation. >> absolutely. he stands to lose tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars. worth $125 million. several lawsuits aren't even filed. the first one is filed a while ago floyd landis one of his teammates who he...
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armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past. you've been on this show. you said, matt, i lied right to your face in the past. >> yes. >> but when you wrote your book and accused lance armstrong of doping he came out strongly against you. and he said, quote -- a statement released by his people, writing a book today about events that allegedly took place more than ten years ago is not about setting the record straight or righting a wrong. it is greedy, opportunistic and self serving. does he owe you an apology? >> for me, he owes an awful lot of other people an apology. i don't need an apology. we've known each other a l
armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past....
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"usa today" is reporting that lance armstrong has confessed to using performance enhancing drugs. i am looking at just rapped with lance armstrong, 2 1/2 hours. he came ready. what he did tell her? >> he confessed to doping in his cycling career. the interview just wrapped. and there is a confidentiality agreement about the show. it won't air until thursday. the plan all along was to use the venue to confess. make an admission about doping in his cycling career. something he's never done before. he's denied it for years and attacked those who accused him of it for years. >> significant development. >> attacked and attacked aggressively. denied allegations so many times. many people who thought there was no way he could tell the truth believed him. the power and passion in which he denied it. now he has admitted to something, now that you confirmed that he has, what happens now? will he face perjury charges that will cost him an incredible amount of money? >> last time he testified underoath and denied taking performance enhancing drugs was in 2005. in texas, a lawsuit in texas, an
"usa today" is reporting that lance armstrong has confessed to using performance enhancing drugs. i am looking at just rapped with lance armstrong, 2 1/2 hours. he came ready. what he did tell her? >> he confessed to doping in his cycling career. the interview just wrapped. and there is a confidentiality agreement about the show. it won't air until thursday. the plan all along was to use the venue to confess. make an admission about doping in his cycling career. something he's...
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lance armstrong confesses to doping. while he was doping, he didn't think he was cheating, he says. >> i had this exercise, kipt he i kept hearing, i'm a cheat, i'm a cheat, i'm a cheater. i went and looked up -- i looked up the definition of cheat. >> yes. >> and the definition of cheat is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe, you know, they don't have or that -- i didn't view it that way. i viewed it as -- as a level playing field. >> psychologist paula bloom sitting here with me in the studio. that's a deep sigh. my goodness, paula bloom. it is like you live and think about someone who would have common sense to do right, to do wrong. and then it seems to be this theme of this pursuit of perfection lance armstrong's life. >> right. not to lessen the blame on him by any means, but i think we live in this culture of it is not good enough to be good enough. you need to be the best. every parent wants their kid to be in the gifted program. everybody thinks to be worthwhile, you have to be the best. >> like an honor stud
lance armstrong confesses to doping. while he was doping, he didn't think he was cheating, he says. >> i had this exercise, kipt he i kept hearing, i'm a cheat, i'm a cheat, i'm a cheater. i went and looked up -- i looked up the definition of cheat. >> yes. >> and the definition of cheat is to gain an advantage on a rival or foe, you know, they don't have or that -- i didn't view it that way. i viewed it as -- as a level playing field. >> psychologist paula bloom sitting...
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lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for him to come into the public's grace. >> maybe he does do some triathlons, if he decides to do that, is there any way that he could actually fool people again, that he might be able to cheat again if he wanted to? >> well, like jennifer anniston said on friends, once a cheater, and i think that's going to be people's expectation at the very start. it's going to be guilty until proven innocent for him for the rest of his days, no matter where it is in the public eye. whether it's a career in politics, whether it's something that
lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for...
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we'll sort through lance's lies with an armstrong expert coming up next. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. >> have i never doped. i've said it for seven years. it doesn't help. >> i came out of a life-threatening disease. oifs my death bed. you think i'm going to come back into the sport and say, okay, doctor, give me everything you've got. i just want to be fag. no way. >> how many times do i have to say it? >> i just want to make sure your testimony is clear. >> it can't be any clearer than i have never taken drugs. it could never happen. how clear is that? >> seven tour de france titles and a decade of lies. nbc news has confirmed lance armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs in an interview to air this thursday with oprah winfrey. this morning she described why armstrong decided to come clean. >> he was just ready. i think the velocity of everything that's come at him m past several m
we'll sort through lance's lies with an armstrong expert coming up next. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. >> have i never doped. i've said it for seven years. it doesn't help. >> i came out of a life-threatening disease. oifs my death bed. you think i'm going to come back into the sport and say, okay,...
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but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's trying to do now is the equivalent of riding a bike through the eye of a needle. well, we watched half of it. we'll see the rest of it tonight perhaps. did he succeed? >> no, he didn't succeed at all, and he didn't succeed on either front, and that's the key point here is that he had to do two different things that were very different, very divergent, and he failed at both. this is what he had to do. first, he had to show the united states anti-doping agency that he was contrite, that he was serious about taking their findings as the new law of the land. that their findings about him wer
but, look, he's lance armstrong. what he wanted was the cover of "newsweek." he wanted a prominent -- someone prominent in the world of sports to come to his defense because as we all saw last night, lance is a clinical, classic narcissist who really only cares about himself. so he didn't care about me. he cared about getting what he could out of me, but, you know, journalists go through this all the time, and i bought it, and i'm embarrassed. >> dave, you wrote that what he's...
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lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted for telling the truth when he was still lying. >> this is a guy who used to be my friend who decimated me. he could have come clean. he owed it to me. he oweds it to the sport that he destroyed. >> her husband used to ride with lance armstrong. she's going to join us later tonight, and again, will be reacting instantly to what she hears from armstrong. last night, she said armstrong dropped the ball, that he owed to her and her husband frankie to come clean. when he was lying, they were telling the truth, and he tried to destroy them, what she rea reacted so
lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted...
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what's doing with lance armstrong? >> i want to bring in pete rose, somebody who didn't tell the truth for years and years. i talked to him today. this is what he said about lance and resonates with manti. tell you why. have a listen. >> i did it the hard way. don't do it like me. what i mean by that is come clean as quickly as you possibly can. because one thing i know if he comes clean, it's going tyke a load off of his shoulders. once you do it, you say to yourself, why didn't i do that ten years or five years ago? but, you know t important thing as far as lance is concerned is he's doing it. >> it took 14 years or what have you. with manti, all the people are saying is that whatever the truth is, the sooner you come forward with what the truth is the better it is for him and for everyone involved. >> isn't that a moral point that brian -- the sooner you come forward, all right, your higher power will forgive you. at least that's what i believe. he'll forgive you. he'll forgive your sins. that's what we learned in y
what's doing with lance armstrong? >> i want to bring in pete rose, somebody who didn't tell the truth for years and years. i talked to him today. this is what he said about lance and resonates with manti. tell you why. have a listen. >> i did it the hard way. don't do it like me. what i mean by that is come clean as quickly as you possibly can. because one thing i know if he comes clean, it's going tyke a load off of his shoulders. once you do it, you say to yourself, why didn't i...
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let's turn to lance armstrong. he has finally admitted for all those years and for all the world to hear that he is a cheat he a fraud and liar and bully. his epic career was complete sham. he came clean in an interview with oprah winfrey confessing he took banned substances to win we're talking about testosterone and human growth hormone. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope? >> yes. >> gregg: for years he denied cheating. he called other people liars trying to ruin their reputations. he sued anybody who tried to tell the truth about him. he says the whole story was so perfect for so long it was a myth. >> the truth isn't what i said. you win the tour de france seven times, happy marriage and happy children, its perfect story and it wasn't true. >> gregg: the marriage wasn't that happy for his wife. he says he will spend the rest of his life. out right lies, some are saying that he was cold and much too short on details. casey stegall is live outside live out the foundation,. >> he says he looked up the
let's turn to lance armstrong. he has finally admitted for all those years and for all the world to hear that he is a cheat he a fraud and liar and bully. his epic career was complete sham. he came clean in an interview with oprah winfrey confessing he took banned substances to win we're talking about testosterone and human growth hormone. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope? >> yes. >> gregg: for years he denied cheating. he called other people liars trying to ruin...
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lance armstrong's cheating and deceptions had been testified to for years but lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat, no fourth outfielder looking for a little extra power or linebacker hoping for some extra muscle. no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his short. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admitting to bullying and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me the daily beast's buzz bissinger and sports editor for the nation dave xi ren. bus, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong" and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey
lance armstrong's cheating and deceptions had been testified to for years but lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat, no fourth outfielder looking for a little extra power or linebacker hoping for some extra muscle. no, lance armstrong was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his short. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it,...
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we pick up the story about lance armstrong. >> i owe them apologies. >> reporter: lance armstrong apologized to his fans and all of those that believed in him. in part two of his interview, he spoke directly to those of that wore his live strong base lets and stood -- bracelets and stood by him during his lying about doping. >> i understand your anger. >> uh-huh. >> your sense of betrayal. >> uh-huh. >> you supported me forever through all of this and you believed and i lied to you. and i'm sorry. >> reporter: armstrong said his first wife kristin knew about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. he also said his lowest moment wasn't when he was stripped of his cycling titles. it was when his own live strong foundation asked him to step away. >> it was the best thing for the organization. >> uh-huh. >> but it hurt like hell. >> reporter: armstrong got emotional when recalling how he told his children who had defended him to their friends that he had cheated. >> i've always denied that and i've always been defiant about that. you guys have seen that. that's probably why you trusted me on it.
we pick up the story about lance armstrong. >> i owe them apologies. >> reporter: lance armstrong apologized to his fans and all of those that believed in him. in part two of his interview, he spoke directly to those of that wore his live strong base lets and stood -- bracelets and stood by him during his lying about doping. >> i understand your anger. >> uh-huh. >> your sense of betrayal. >> uh-huh. >> you supported me forever through all of this and...
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was lance armstrong's teammate and close friend. the couple was part of his intimate circle, until he says they turned on him. betsy, good morning. you said you were furious watching that interview. what was it you expected to hear? >> i want to give credit to lance because what he did, admitting that he was a fraud and a cheat, all those years, is a huge, big step. he took the first step. but he -- it all started with his hospital room, where he admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. and he wouldn't step up to the plate where it all happened. this is where it all started. i was really disappointed personally that he didn't admit to that. >> he admitted ruining the lives of many people who told the truth about his doping. but when he was asked point-blank, if you told the truth when you testified under oath, that lance had told his cancer doctors in that hospital room, that he used performance-enhancing drugs, he refused. he said, i'm going to lay down on that one. it sounds like he was saying, she didn't tell the truth. but i'
was lance armstrong's teammate and close friend. the couple was part of his intimate circle, until he says they turned on him. betsy, good morning. you said you were furious watching that interview. what was it you expected to hear? >> i want to give credit to lance because what he did, admitting that he was a fraud and a cheat, all those years, is a huge, big step. he took the first step. but he -- it all started with his hospital room, where he admitted using performance-enhancing...
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lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of sympathy for the people whose lives he ruined and money he took when they tried to do nothing more than tell the truth about what he had done. joining me is "the daily beast's" buzz bissinger and sports editor for "the nation" dave zirin. buzz, in august of 2012, just five months ago, you wrote a cover story for "newsweek" entitled "i still believe in lance armstrong," and yet last night his interview with oprah winfrey began with a series of yes and no questions. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> yes or no, was one of t
lance armstrong was no ordinary cheat. no, he was an international hero. a seven time-tour de france winner, the usain bolt of his sport. not to mention a public face in the fight against cancer. yet in his confessional last night with oprah, he confessed only what was obvious to anyone who wanted to see it, that he doped throughout his cycling career. but armstrong did not admit to cheating, denied he was a doping ringleader, didn't admit to bullying, and seemed emotionally incapable of...
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is lance armstrong done for good? >>> also ahead, hostage crisis, the fate of americans deep in the sahara desert, unclear this morning. >> this incident will be resolved we hope with a minimum loss of life. >> today, tales of terror from those who escape. >> duct tape over his mouth and his hands tied. >> we're live with the latest. >>> and one-on-one with robert redford and the sundance festival he created. >> it was so big, it became almost like frankenstein's monster in a good way. >> we sit down with the film legend and talk hollywood, guns, and obama's road ahead. >> what would you like to see him do in this second four years? >>> we're slope side in park city, utah. city, utah. "newsroom" begins now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>>and good morning, thank you so much for joining us, i'm carol costello. today lance armstrong makes up in a new world, long endured by millions of americans who had no interest in bicycling before he rewrote the record books. armstrong faces a public that realizes he was a f
is lance armstrong done for good? >>> also ahead, hostage crisis, the fate of americans deep in the sahara desert, unclear this morning. >> this incident will be resolved we hope with a minimum loss of life. >> today, tales of terror from those who escape. >> duct tape over his mouth and his hands tied. >> we're live with the latest. >>> and one-on-one with robert redford and the sundance festival he created. >> it was so big, it became almost...
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abc's neal karlinsky who has covered lance armstrong for years is here with the dramatic details. neal, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was surreal to watch. you have to understand that this is a man who has fought with everything he could to maintain his lie, through vicious attacks, threats and lawsuits. but last night, lance armstrong came clean, almost as if he just decided to flip a switch from somewhere deep inside. >> i'd like you to walk me through it. were there, you know, pill deliveries? and blood in secret refrigerators? how did it work? >> we need a long time. >> reporter: calling himself an arrogant bully, lance armstrong had no good answer to explain away one of the biggest lies in all of sport. >> i'll start my answer by saying that this is too late. i view this situation as one, big lie, that i repeated many times. >> reporter: the man who won the tour de france seven times, only to have his titles stripped away, admitted to using a slew of performance-enhancing drug, in such a matter-of-fact way, you would never guess that he did everything in his pow
abc's neal karlinsky who has covered lance armstrong for years is here with the dramatic details. neal, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was surreal to watch. you have to understand that this is a man who has fought with everything he could to maintain his lie, through vicious attacks, threats and lawsuits. but last night, lance armstrong came clean, almost as if he just decided to flip a switch from somewhere deep inside. >> i'd like you to walk me through it. were...
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lance armstrong's admission to oprah about years of doping. and lying about it. the question that finally made armstrong break down. and new here this evening, investigators now weighing in, will that interview they have been watching make any difference for him? [old english accent] i doth declare that thou have brought overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we knoweth what to do with. now that's progressive. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you s
lance armstrong's admission to oprah about years of doping. and lying about it. the question that finally made armstrong break down. and new here this evening, investigators now weighing in, will that interview they have been watching make any difference for him? [old english accent] i doth declare that thou have brought overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth!...
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now we have lance armstrong. in my opinion he will be one of those celebrities who does not make a come back. i do not believe he will >> reporter: any credibility. cannot be trusted. he has lied too long and hurt too many people to be rehabilitated. there's one item in particular that stands out to me. to cloud any return to public favor. lance armstrong will testify against other people in the cycling business. what a rat. you live for years, helped ruin an entire sport, core of your colleagues and then to return to favor u-turn in people who you announce a were in the mess from the beginning. what a tangled web we weave. that testimony, that that will drag on for years. armstrong cannot get around that. we are a forgiving nation and that is a wonderful thing. public salvation is possible but forgiveness is not always the right thing for a nation. sometimes harsh judgment is valid and necessary. lance armstrong does not deserve our generosity. bla [ male announcer ] at scottrade, you won't just find us online,
now we have lance armstrong. in my opinion he will be one of those celebrities who does not make a come back. i do not believe he will >> reporter: any credibility. cannot be trusted. he has lied too long and hurt too many people to be rehabilitated. there's one item in particular that stands out to me. to cloud any return to public favor. lance armstrong will testify against other people in the cycling business. what a rat. you live for years, helped ruin an entire sport, core of your...